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Has The Gold and Silver Market Topped out?

Posted on by The INO.com Team

Hello traders everywhere! Adam Hewison here, co-founder of MarketClub with your 1 p.m. market update for Tuesday, the 23rd of August.

Has the Gold and Silver market topped out? Have we seen the bottom in the equity markets?

I'm sure these are questions traders are asking themselves as we are halfway through the trading day.

It would appear that the downward momentum in the equity markets has abated for the moment and we should expect to see more of a two-way market. However that does not change the overall bearish longer-term trend.

The Gold market traded over the $1,900 level, before dropping dramatically and creating what could potentially be a negative engulfing line for the Gold and Silver markets. If this is confirmed on Wednesday, it would mean that gold prices have topped out for the short term and the $2000 level for Gold will have to be put on hold for the time being.

The Crude Oil market continues to be in a negative trend, and the Dollar Index and the CRB index are generally in a sideways mode.

Now, let's go to the 6 major markets we track every day and see how we can create and maintain your wealth in 2011. Continue reading "Has The Gold and Silver Market Topped out?" →

Forget The News If You Want To Trade Successfully!

Posted on by The INO.com Team

Hello traders everywhere, Adam Hewison here co-founder of MarketClub with your 1 p.m. market update for Monday the 22th of August.

Forget the news, if you want to trade successfully.

Many news stories, particularly when it comes to the markets, are basically fed to reporters by folks who have a vested interest in that particular market. I've seen this happen time and time again, when information is given to an online anchor or someone else who is on air and reading the latest news. The information that they report, may be not accurate. In the competitive rush to get news online, and be the 1st to break a story, very few stories are ever checked and triple checked.

So we wake up this morning with the potential conflict in Libya over, and Libya's Colonel Qaddafi's 42-year reign of insanity has maybe come to an end. Based on that news, the Dow rallies up over 200 points. Let's see, that little conflict cost the US about 1 trillion dollars, money we don't have. How could that be good for the market? Now we are tying the news in Libya to the markets here and the terrible economic conditions that exist - it is a stretch by anyone's imagination. The truth is, that the markets probably rallied based on a short covering. Many active traders went home with short positions over the weekend. When the markets did not follow through to the downside they quickly covered their short positions and pushed the market higher.

So here's my advice, do not pay too much attention to the news. Let the market, and the price action give you all the direction you need. Market action is the # 1 item to watch to be a successful trader.

Now, let's go to the 6 major markets we track every day and see how we can create and maintain your wealth in 2011. Continue reading "Forget The News If You Want To Trade Successfully!" →

HP - Fire sale or long time coming?

Posted on by The INO.com Team

Late last week Hewlett-Packard announced that it would no longer be making the very products that made them a household name since the explosion of home PCs. Then came the fire sale of their HP TouchPads for only $99.

I don't think anyone was surprised when HP stock prices took a nose dive, however, MarketClub members have been short this market since March.

The trend is your friend, and so are MarketClub's "Trade Triangles."

Every success,

Susan Jackson and The MarketClub Team

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So Here We Are....In The Middle

Posted on by The INO.com Team

Hello traders everywhere!  Adam Hewison here, co-founder of MarketClub with your 1 p.m. market update for Wednesday, the 17th of August.

So here we are... We're in the middle of the month, it's the middle of the week, and the markets are stuck in the middle.  Stocks rallied early today, but they look like they are failing now.

Gold rallied again to test the $1,800 an ounce level.  It has now fallen back and looks to be on the defensive.  Crude oil has also rallied and is now faltering from a key resistance area.  Once again bank stocks look to be on the defensive.  I'll also share a chart pattern in the bank stocks with you that does not look good.

So let's go to the 6 major markets we track every day and see how we can create and maintain your wealth in 2011. Continue reading "So Here We Are....In The Middle" →

How to Position Size and Allocate Capital

Posted on by lindsay

Today the Trader’s Blog welcomes back Marc Nicolas of TradingEmini.com. In previous posts Marc has shared invaluable trading concepts on risk management and using runners to increase profits. Today will be no different as he discusses the often overlooked method for calculating proper position sizing to stay in the game by taking into account your total risk capital and stoploss level.

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In my 17 years of trading and having traded for a hedge fund, it is Proper Position Sizing and Capital Allocation which has kept me consistently in the game as a professional trader. Even if you have a great trading strategy, if you do not understand how to properly size your positions, you are unlikely to achieve a comfortable level of consistency and you risk blowing account after account. Proper Position Sizing and Capital allocation protects your risk capital by determining how big a position you should take on any one trade. This will mean fighting the urge to buy an arbitrary number of shares because you “feel” a trade is a sure winner. It is the bridge between your chart analysis and risk management plan. Unfortunately position size is the most overlooked aspect of trading and yet is the most important aspect, especially with the volatility we have seen in the markets lately. I hope the 4 steps below will help you.

• Step 1: Capital Allocation

This calculation will split your capital according to the number of different positions or instruments, like futures, stocks, forex, commodities or options you want to trade, or hold in your portfolio. For instance, assume that you have $100,000 Total Risk Capital and you want to include 5 different positions in your portfolio to diversify your risk. Your Instrument Capital Split should be Total Risk Capital/Number of Positions, in this example, $100,000/5 = $20,000 is the capital allocated to each position. Continue reading "How to Position Size and Allocate Capital" →